Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Old Chapel, Union College Campus 5:30 Presentation, Refreshments from 5:00 When Sally Svenson mentioned to people during the several years that she was researching and writing about the history of blacks in the Adirondacks, the typical response was, “What blacks?” For, indeed, Adirondack inhabitants have been and still are […]
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Herpetofauna of the Adirondacks
The Kelly Adirondack Center and UCALL present: Alvin Breisch NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish and Wildlife (retired) April 11, 2019 in Reamer Auditorium on the Union College Campus lecture at 5:30 p.m. refreshments from 5:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Forty species […]
150th Anniversary of Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp-Life in the Adirondacks
Exhibit Adirondack Adventures January 31- May 14, 2019 at the Kelly Adirondack Center The Center is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. In 1869 William H. H. Murray published a book containing a series of articles on the merits of camping in the wilderness of the Adirondacks. His combination of […]
Harnessing Nature: Building the Great Sacandaga
with filmmakers Lauren Roberts and Jason Kemper January 30, 2019 Film at 5:30 p.m. Refreshments from 5:00 p.m. at the Kelly Adirondack Center This event is free and open to the public. Nestled in the southern foothills of the majestic Adirondack Mountains is the Great Sacandaga Lake, the largest man-made body of water […]
Hell and High Water: New York’s Response to the Challenge of Climate Change
Mark Lowery New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Policy Analyst February 6, 2019 1:00 p.m. Reamer Auditorium on the Union College Campus This event is free and open to the public. No tickets or registration necessary. Lunch will be served. The fall of 2018 brought the release of three important climate change reports: […]
Adirondack Place Names: Why Is That Thing Over There Called That?
Erik Schlimmer Friday, April 5, 2019 5:30 p.m. Lecture, Refreshments from 5:00 p.m. Old Chapel, Union College Campus Author and explorer Erik Schlimmer historically decodes 100 Adirondack place names in rousing detail, these histories supported by a backdrop of his gorgeous photos from the wilderness. As Erik likes to say, “Behind every name there’s a […]
Birding and Breakfast at the Kelly Adirondack Center
Birding and Breakfast at the Kelly Adirondack Center Saturday, February 16, 2019 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Free and open to the public. Chickadee, Arcadian Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, White-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse Birds of New York, University of the State of New York, 1914 Please join […]
Adirondack Fish Stories
UCALL and the Kelly Adirondack Center present Lisa Holst Rare Fish Unit Leader in the Bureau of Fisheries at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Wednesday, May 1, 2019 in Reamer Auditorium, Union College Campus 5:30 p.m. Presentation, Refreshments from 5:00 p.m. This event is free and […]
2018 Summer Research Fellows
Adirondacks focus of summer research fellowship program While digging through boxes of material at the Kelly Adirondack Center on the history of the New York State forest rangers, Anna Gagion ’19 was surprised to discover the paucity of information about women. “There haven’t been a lot of women in the profession, so I wanted […]
Homecoming Open House
at the Kelly Adirondack Center Saturday, October 13 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Free and Open to the Public Please join us for refreshments on the patio and an opportunity to meet some of the rescues from Whispering Willow Wild Care.